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...commissioner Robert F. Murphy, who complained about hurricane floods and the Authority's landscape architect. Testifying next, Murphy's engineering assistant gave detailed explanations of tides and hurricanes; and Arthur Sullivan, director of waterways and canals, warned that the Harvard crew would find itself marooned on a quickly drying swamp if the Authority's plan is accepted...
Crimson coach Bill McCurdy didn't use six of his best performers in Briggs Cage last night, but the track team still managed to swamp the remarkably inept Engineers of M.I.T. The varsity swept three events out of 13 and took both relays in the 82 to 27 shellacking...
...gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp...
Medicine Chest. On the fringes of the swamp live veteran trappers and guides who can recite the ballad without missing a beat, and who know every legend about the dark mysteryland. The swamp water is perfectly potable and is famed for its long-staying qualities of freshness, but it looks as if it had been pumped from an outhouse. For years, the swamp's vegetation was supposed to be an unequaled medicine chest. The pale blue hepatica, with leaves shaped like the lobes of the liver, was good for any liver disorder. Virginia Bluebell cured chest ailments. The common...
Plow Tomorrow. Como tumbled before a program that is dedicated to finding out how many times the same joke can be repeated. Mountaineer Jed Clampett and his family, worth $25 million because oil was found in their swamp back in the Ozarks, have moved to Beverly Hills to live among the polychrome celebrities of show biz. Pa bought a house built by John Barrymore, and the place is easily large enough to be mistaken for a university. Pa takes an appreciative look at the smooth and gorgeous sweep of lawn and says, "Fine, we'll commence plowing tomorrow...